Ed Danahue

José Feliciano is 68 today

Alexander Graham Bell’s patent for the telephone was issued on March 7, 1876,
by the U.S. Patent Office. Three days after receiving his patent. Bell succeeded
in getting his invention to work when he accidentally spilled some acid. He spoke
the famous sentence, “Mr. Watson…Come here…I want to see you”. His assistant Thomas Watson, listening at the receiving end of the device in an adjoining room,
heard the words from Bell clearly and rushed to his aide.

 
Thomas A. Watson

The master copy of Bell’s patent for the telephone

Prototype of the “Contour” Coke         A Cocoa Bean Pod  
bottle

The contoured Coca-Cola bottle was one of the first glass containers to ever be 
patented based on its unique shape. The design was said to have been  modeled 
after the Cocoa Bean Pod (above), an ingredient of Coca-Cola. The bottle made
its commercial debut in 1916.

The Coke bottle of 1916

Based on the popular characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle,
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes began on coast-to-coast radio
from Monday October 20, 1930 until June 5, 1955. There were 574
broadcasts over the NBC, Mutual and ABC networks. The original
cast featured William Gillette as Holmes and Leigh Lovell as Dr.
Watson. The first sponsor was George Washington Coffee. The
announcer was Joseph Bell.

William Gillette

Christopher Latham Sholes (below), Carlos Glidden and Samuel W. Soule of
Milwaukee, Wisconsin received a patent for a new typewriter, shown above. It
was the first commercially successful typewriter, and the design was eventually
purchased by Remington and Sons, which later became the Remington Arms
Company.